The government of India figures that Jammu and Kashmir State has exported handcrafts items worth Rs1500 crores impresses none, with traders, artisans and the business leaders of occupied Jammu and Kashmir accusing government of confusing the issue by mixing up figures. 

“Now handicraft items are being produced in Amritsar and sold outside the country under Kashmir label. It is only exporters who thrive on the trade, which has proved fatal for Kashmiri artisans in particular and Kashmir in general,” said Abdul Majid, an artisan.